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    Sialum Morobe Province Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Location
Lat 6° 4' 49S Long 147° 36' 24E  Sialum is located on the north coast of New Guinea. Prewar and during the Pacific War located in Morobe District in the Territory of New Guinea. Today headquarters of Sialum Rural LLC of the Tawae-Siassi District in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.

Ki-48-II Lily Manufacture Number 1490
Crashed near Sialum investigated by ATIU

Japanese Aircraft Wreck
Wreckage near Sialum

Sialum Airfield
Postwar built runway for the Government Post at Sialum.

Ray Fairfield adds:
"I visited Sialum a couple of times to stay with the kiap. The two wrecks I did visit I have noted as a P-38 and a Japanese bomber. The P-38 was in worse condition, if anything. Both wrecks were just scattered metal, and it was almost dark on a rainy afternoon when we were there, The 20mm cannon ammo was what made me think G4M1 Betty, but of course the G3M2 Nell also had that caliber [or the Ki-49 Helen].

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Last Updated
March 15, 2022

 

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